What’s Booming RVA: Fan House Cheer Plus Beer
Boomer’s top 5 picks for the week ahead
Take the Fan Holiday House Tour to explore Richmond history and architecture, celebrate Virginia in beer, wine and cider, enjoy a musical legend, and more. In “What’s Booming RVA: Fan House Cheer Plus Beer.”
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
Dec. 13 to 22 at Dominion Energy Center, Richmond
Cadence presents a festival musical featuring professional actors and local children, based on the best-selling book and play. The “word behaved kids, ever” land the leading roles in the church’s pageant and “revise” the classic story.
Somewhereness Beer Festival
Dec. 14, noon to 6 p.m., at Fine Creek Brewing, Powhatan
Celebrating Virginia’s fields and forests, eight Virginia breweries plus commonwealth wineries and cideries present beverages made using mostly Virginia. Plus Steamboat Wharf Oysters, Batteaux Coffee, Owl Orchard, and more food and drinks from Fine Creek.
The Music of Paul Williams
Dec. 14, 3 and 7 p.m., at The Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen
Spend an evening with the Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, Hall of Fame award-winning songwriter, actor, and author. The evening includes stories and songs, holiday cheer, Muppet songs, pop culture hits, and more.
Fan Holiday House Tour
Dec. 14 and 15, noon to 5 p.m., beginning with ticket pick-up at 208 Strawberry St., Richmond
Featuring eight homes and buildings that capture the neighborhood’s architectural cohesiveness and spectacular distinctiveness, from a wood frame home with wrap-around porch (1900) to the Italian Renaissance, Duncan Lee-designed Taylor Estate (1915). The tour raises funds to support the preservation, restoration, and betterment of the community.
Ken Ludwig’s “Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure”
Dec. 18 to Jan. 26, 2025, at Hanover Tavern, Hanover
An investigation into the Bohemian king’s stolen letters cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail, and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Dr. Watson join forces with an American actress to take down the cunning criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. Five actors play over 40 roles in this brand new adventure of danger and laughter.
FEATURE IMAGE, TOP: Four actors on a darkly lit stage, in Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” at Virginia Repertory Theatre in 2023.
More in Richmond besides Fan house cheer
Food and more fun to fill your plate
Boomer’s featured flavor of the week:
Check out the Axios list of RVA holiday-themed bars for 2024
